Nawazuddin agrees that he's going through a good phase in his career but is cautious. “When your phase is good, you get a lot of films. That's a very important and critical phase. That's the time you have to be careful and grounded. You have to choose scripts very wisely. If you take a wrong decision during this phase, it can backfire,” he says.

Ask the actor what he values more – critical acclaim or box office success and he states, “I value the audience more. The audience is the biggest critic. Box-office shouldn't be important for an actor. He/she should only aim to do good work. If you start keeping box-office in mind, somewhere you get corrupted. I never think about box office.”